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    Possible Solo North Slope Hunt

    Mr. Dill said a lot of the right things. I can tell you that over the last 10 years I have hunted solo( I think I had a partner once and it wasn't good) and it was in a very much more dangerous area(Barnard Glacier-Wrangells and Tonsina Controlled Use Area-Walkin only-. You have to be willing to...
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    Best beer in your state

    Three miles down the road at Silvergulch Brewery they make Timmy's Little Helper and Osculum inflame2. Its smooth red farmhouse ale that will not the crap out of you.
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    Kirk Ellis and devils mountain lodge

    They are a fantastic outfit and they will provide you with a number of options and opportunities that maximize success and your satisfaction. DML are a legendary outfit and they manage their area with some of the best conservation practices out there. North Wrangells are flush with sheep and...
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    Death by a Thousand Cuts

    There is a saying that better you are at doing without the better you can do in the field. Skill and condition can take the place of a lot of gear. The sheep hunters of yore used to go without tents, stoves, or dehydrated food. They did fine with 10 lb rifles and old scopes. Boot leather and...
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    Vortex: China or Japan?

    Present 65 and 85 mm Razor Spotters are assembled in USA. Razor AMG scope is made in USA.
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    Outfitter/guide question list

    There is presently a shortage of teachers in Alaska. There are sheeping hunting opportunities that are well beyond what a guided hunt can offer you. Why don't you go to the Alaskan Job Fair and come on up. We can always use more hunters in public schools.
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    Getting into Long Range Hunting - Fierce CT Edge in 28 Nosler

    Ask the Wasilla Sportsman's Warehouse to put in request of transfer for the Fierce CT Edge in 28 Nosler that is at Fairbanks Store 145. It is at clearance at 2199.99. That is a steal. I have a Fierce CT Edge in 28 Nosler with a Z5 Swarovski 3-18X44 Sheep Hunter. It is a sweetheart.
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    Jason Hairston of KUIU passed away today

    I conversed with him a couple of times during the first couple of years of his companies operation. He was always a class act. I will remember him from tossing his backpack down the cliff. That was a real show of guts and faith in his product. I hope his family and his tradition continues in a...
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    Shield, LC9 or G43

    sure like my colt cobra. old school but its nice.
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    Montana Rifle Co vs Christensen Arms

    Fierce all the way for feel. Don't ask me how I know.
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    FNG - Old Gun Writer

    Steve you are an incredible writer and a wonderful person. Welcome to the Rokslide.
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    Fight with the Misses: a How To Guide

    I very much prefer the girlfriend or wife to be along if you are looking at Swaro. I have a simple explanation. Optics give you the opportunity to be a better hunter and be more successful. A hunter with a ruger american rifle and a tasco scope with the best spotter and binoculars will see a...
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    The "Not so glamorous side of Sheep Hunting"

    WordPress.comclick on the pdf on Wrangell Mt. Hunt report. It was also a hell of a trip and a close but no cigar type trip. We struggle. We endure. We work to overcome. This last hunt was one of those. For people who don’t know me I am 49 year old high school teacher in Fairbanks Alaska who...
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    Ak Dall Sheep Recap

    Good Job! Glad that everything worked out. You can hunt goats now!
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    AK Dall Sheep Gear and Prep

    Yak Trax Summits. Thank me later.
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    Where to retire?!

    New Zealand if you can swing it. Turks and Caicos as a fireman if you can't.
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    AK Dall Sheep Gear and Prep

    Don't overthink most of the stuff and leave a bunch of stuff home. Practice shooting with both 22lr and with high power and then with your sheep rifle. Shoot enough so that you can shoot as well as your guide and that you can center punch a sheep heart at 400 yards. You may not have to shoot...
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    AK Dall Sheep Gear and Prep

    What type of tripod? Training is find a 400 ft hill that you can climb up with weight and rinse and repeat. Compound lifts like DL, PC, PU and SQTs. Do something like the Sheiko system till you can do 60 sets during one work out. You might have to cut back weight but you have to build up layers...
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    Unit 26 RAC wants to close Central Arctic Herd no Haul Road Caribou

    USFWS however will walk hand in hand with the local boards through the process to restrict access. A perfect example of this is Cane Creek in the ANWR. Larry Rivers and Jerry Jacques built several cabins up there in the 1980s. However, USFWS urged the locals from Arctic Village and Venetie to...
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    Unit 26 RAC wants to close Central Arctic Herd no Haul Road Caribou

    Herd is in fine condition. USWFS has been successful in closing caribou and moose for unit 23 to nonrural residents and nonresidents. They have been talking to subsistence members from Kaktovik and the town formally called Barrow. They want to close nonsubsistence use on Federal lands. Well...

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